# Fractures at Eco-Alpha Chicago Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119996` · 11/14/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple foot (feet) locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Eco-Alpha Chicago Inc.
- **Location:** 6024 W. Warwick Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60634
- **NAICS:** 561790
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an extension ladder, changing the lightbulb of an exit sign in a school gymnasium. The employee finished and started to go down the ladder when his feet slipped causing the ladder to slide inward. The employee fell to the floor with the ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the right heel, left foot, and one or more vertebrae.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*